DC BLOX Dark fibre ‘ interstate ’ As part of the philosophy of serving locally and connecting globally , Uphues explained that DC BLOX took the added step of building a dark fibre ‘ backbone ’ extending directly from Myrtle Beach , running by Charleston and Augusta , all the way into Atlanta and landing in Lithia Springs , “ where there ' s a lot of hyperscale data centres being built ”.
“ We ' ve done this by building a multi-duct conduit and dark fibre system that allows us to connect our cable landing station all the way through to core hyperscale data centres and key points of exchange along the way , like Digital Realty and Telex in downtown Atlanta , or some of the hyperscale data centres that are out in Lithia Springs .”
Uphues describes it as “ the expressway from the ocean floor all the way into Atlanta . DC BLOX presses the ‘ easy ’ button for our customers , not only having data centres along the way , but now owning this dark fibre that allows us to create a unique capacity for providing connectivity ”.
“ We have this single purpose to serve locally and connect globally on behalf of our customers . Though we have customers with locations in Germany or AsiaPac , we never truly lived our purpose and vision until we won the Myrtle Beach project ,” said Uphues .
Southeast as an Edge location DC BLOX continues to expand , currently running five core data centres with the CLS and a seventh recently announced and many more to come – all to a modular infrastructure that ’ s right-sized for the market acting as connectivity exchanges that serve those markets .
“ Just like you have core exchanges within larger markets , we ' ve just extended those into the edge markets we serve .
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